Photos: Adorable baby animals around the world

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Silvery gibbon mother Pangrango holds her baby on September 14 at the Tierpark Hellabrunn in Munich, Germany. The baby primate was born at the zoo on August 19. In the wild, silvery gibbons are endemic to Java, Indonesia.

The panda cub at the San Diego Zoo was calm on September 20, during his fifth veterinary exam. The male panda, born on July 29, weighed 4.9 pounds, nearly a pound more than he weighed during the last exam.TAMMY SPRATT
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Two young swallows are pictured in their nest in Hamel, France, September 18. In a 2010 report, the Museum d’histoire naturelle (the French Natural history museum) estimated that swallows’ population in France decreased of 40 per cent since 1989.PHILIPPE HUGUEN
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Gray langur mother Lisa holds her baby on September 14 at the zoo in Hanover, Germany. The baby langur was born on September 4 at the zoo.EMILY WABITSCH
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A five-month-old leopard from Sri Lanka, born in the bioparc of Doue-la-Fontaine, plays with his mother Iris on September 2. The Sri Lanka leopard is the largest feline in the island country that shares its name.FRANK PERRY
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A wood bison calf walks around in her enclosure at Berlin, Germany’s Tierpark Zoo, September 11. The calf, named Helena, was born on August 23 in captivity.JOHN MACDOUGALL
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A baby Hoffmann’s two-toed sloth is seen at the Sloth Sanctuary in Penshurt, Costa Rica, August 31.RODRIGO ARANGUA
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Two lion cubs sit in their enclosure at the zoo in Dresden, Germany, September 6. Two five-week-old cubs were presented to the public for the first time.ARNO BURGI
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The Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs, Colorado announced on September 10 that their new baby gorilla, born four weeks earlier, is a boy. He has already proven his strength by hanging onto his mothers back and belly at an early age. This species of western lowlands gorilla is critically endangered.MICHAEL CIAGLO
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A young seal swims in its enclosure in the Berlin Zoo in Berlin, Germany, September 4. The offspring of seal Lara that was born on July 9 explored the basin for the first time.OLE SPATA
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Lion mother Layla holds one of her two cubs by the tail in their enclosure at the zoo in Dresden, Germany, September 6. Two five-week-old lion cubs were presented to the public for the first time.ARNO BURGI
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One-month-old mandrill Aron clings to his mother Sandra in their cage at Berlin, Germany’s Zoologischer Garten Zoo on September 28. The mandrill is a primate of the Old World monkey family, closely related to the baboon and even more closely to the drill.JOHN MACDOUGALL
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A white donkey foal plays with his mother Anuschka in his enclosure at the West Coast park in St. Peter-Ording, Germany on September 9. The young donkey was born on September 2 and named Alexis. White donkeys are a rare species.WOLFGANG RUNGE
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A newborn male dolphin and its mother Roxane swim on September 4, the day after the birth, at the Brugge Seapark in Brugge, Belgium.KURT DESPLENTER
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Red river hog mother Dagamba stands next to her baby Tonka on September 18 at the Zoologischer Garten zoo in Berlin, Germany. Tonka was born on September 1 at the zoo. In the wild, the pigs live in Africa, preferring areas close to rivers or swamps.OLE SPATA
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Gray langur mother Lisa (R) holds her baby on September 14 at the zoo in Hanover, Germany. The baby langur was born on September 4 at the zoo.EMILY WABITSCH
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A Bornean river turtle dives in a basin as it is presented to the media on September 18 at the zoo in Dresden, eastern Germany. The turtle hatched from one of nine eggs laid in April and put in an incubator. According to the zoo, it is the first breed of this turtle species in Germany.ARNO BURGI
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A newly-born donkey and its mother Alina are photographed in their enclosure at the zoo in the northern German town of Stralsund, September 17.STEFAN SAUER
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A handout photo distributed on September 20 by Zoo Antwerpen in Antwerp, Belgium, shows a one-week-old male okapi called Nkosi, who was born at the zoo. Okapi live in northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo and are on the list of endangered species.JOHAN VERHULST
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Mawimbi, a western lowland gorilla, cub lies in the arm of its mother Mamitu in the Zoo of Zurich, Switzerland, September 19.ALESSANDRO DELLA BELLA
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Red river hog mother Dagamba cuddles her baby Tonka on September 18 at the Zoologischer Garten zoo in Berlin, Germany. Tonka was born on September 1 at the zoo. In the wild, the pigs live in Africa, preferring areas close to rivers or swamps.OLE SPATA
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A five day old guanaco is pictured in its enclosure at Zoologischer Garten Zoo in Berlin, Germany, September 14. The animal was born on September 8 at the zoo and has a weight of 10 kilograms.JOHANNES EISELE
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Isangi, a nine-month-old Grauer’s gorilla that was rescued from poachers, is held by a caretaker at Virunga National Park’s Senkwekwe Orphan Gorilla Sanctuary, in Rumangabo, eastern Congo, September 21. Fewer than 4,000 Grauer’s gorillas remain in the world, down from about 17,000 in 1995.LuAnne Cadd
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A swallow leaves its nest after feeding its young in Hamel, France, September 18. In a 2010 report, the Museum d’histoire naturelle (the French Natural history museum) estimated that swallows’ population in France decreased of 40 per cent since 1989.PHILIPPE HUGUEN
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An Amur tiger cub, also known as the Siberian tiger, looks out of a basket during weighing in the Leipzig Zoo in Leipzig, Germany, September 20. Two Amur tiger babies were born on July 20. The Amur tiger is the largest living felid.Jens Meyer
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A white donkey foal runs around in his enclosure at the West Coast park in St. Peter-Ording, Germany, September 9. The young donkey was born on September 2 and named Alexis. White donkeys are a rare species.WOLFGANG RUNGE
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Red river hog mother Dagamba stands next to her baby Tonka on September 18 at the Zoologischer Garten Zoo in Berlin, Germany. Tonka was born on September 1 at the zoo. In the wild, the pigs live in Africa, preferring areas close to rivers or swamps.OLE SPATA
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A baby monkey is seen at the Rosy Walter Zoo in El Picacho, Honduras, September 18.ORLANDO SIERRA
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